Source: thehindu.com Singapore makes its biggest illegal ivory seizure since 1932, impounding a haul of nearly nine tonnes of contraband tusks from an estimated 300 elephants, authorities said on July 23. The illegal cargo, discovered on July 21 in a container from the Democratic Republic of the Congo being shipped to Vietnam via Singapore, also included
Source: news.yahoo.com NEW DELHI, July 19 (Reuters) – India said on Friday thousands of illegal immigrants from neighbouring Muslim-majority Bangladesh had produced false documents to become citizens in the far-eastern Indian state of Assam. The Supreme Court had ordered the citizenship tally for Assam following years of campaigns against immigrants from Bangladesh who ethnic Assamese
Source: indiatoday.in Home Minister Anit Shah on Wednesday said that the Centre will identify illegal immigrants staying in any part of the country and deport them as per the international law. Amit Shah also said that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) was a part of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) election manifesto and would
Source:www.opindia.com The Supreme Court will hear a plea filed by two Rohingya men on illegal immigrants and whether they can be granted the status of refugees. The apex court Tuesday agreed to hear the petition against the Central government’s plan to deport about 40,000 Rohingyas members back to their homes in Myanmar. The Rohingyas fled their home
Source: foxnews.com Mexico is using a variety of resources as it steps up its immigration enforcement after a deal brokered with the United States to avoid tariffs— including a giant X-ray. While the Mexican National Guard deploys to places like Tapachula on the country’ssouthern border and makes changes to its asylum protocol, agents with the country’s National Migration Institute (INM) are using an
Source: newindianexpress.com KOCHI: Expressing concern over the deteriorated condition of Panampilly Nagar area, Kerala High Court on Tuesday directed the Kochi Corporation to seal forthwith the unlicensed business establishments functioning in residential areas which have not obtained a stay against its directive to close down. The single-judge bench directed the corporation to swing into action
Source: business-standard.com With the arrest of two persons, the Punjab Police Saturday claimed to have unearthed an illegal operation of selling and purchasing second-hand vehicles which was being run in collusion with some officials of the state Transport Department. Around 93 vehicles, running illegally in the state and valued at Rs 4 crore, have been
Source: dnaindia.com The Maharashtra government’s petition against an order of the Bombay High Court that tied the hands of the state’s planning authorities from regularising any unauthorised construction got admitted in the Supreme Court on Friday. A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi, Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose issued notice on
Source: thehindu.com Court spares land that’s already in use In a significant ruling, the Madras High Court on Wednesday declared as illegal all land acquisitions made since September 27, 2013 under three legislations — the Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Harijan Welfare Scheme Act of 1978, Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Industrial Purposes
Source: business-standard.com Town Planning wing of Greater Vishakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) has issued a notice to the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) for illegally carrying out construction works in the party’s local office here. Vidyulatha, Town Planning supervisor of Zone 3, GVMC, said: “TDP has constructed two floors for the party office in Ward No 19
